Alan Mills

Alan Mills OBE, born in Manchester, England, was the match referee for the Wimbledon tennis championships from 1982 to 2005. The decision to stop play in the event of rain was that of Mills, and so his face was familar to millions of television viewers worldwide, clutching his 2-way radio and glancing upwards at the sky in search of rainclouds.

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OBE - Manchester - England - Wimbledon tennis championships - 1982 - 2005

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Mills was himself an accomplished tennis player. At the age of 17 he was the senior county champion in his home county of Lancashire, and he reached the last 16 in the men's singles at Wimbledon on two occasions. He was also the first man in the history of the Davis Cup to win a match with the scoreline 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, completing the match in just 32 minutes.

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Lancashire - Davis Cup

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